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Bearing Witness

the photography of rob penner

July 6, 2012
Latest ad in Chronogram. Thanks to Ira Chavis for posing for this photographer and to Ken Rabe of Rabe & Co for his help in picking a new typeface and the look of the brand.

Latest ad in Chronogram. Thanks to Ira Chavis for posing for this photographer and to Ken Rabe of Rabe & Co for his help in picking a new typeface and the look of the brand.

June 15, 2012
Ira Chavis  Mandolin player. Man about town (Beacon, NY).  Photo by yours truly.

Ira Chavis 

Mandolin player. Man about town (Beacon, NY). 

Photo by yours truly.

June 4, 2012 with 1 note
I had a very unusual photo session with the folk music legend and environmental activist Pete Seeger a few weeks back at his home on the mountain in Fishkill, NY. The photo session, while not in my studio, was intended to be the final photo for the Beacon’s of Music series. Enough to say that I was only able to snap a few frames before we were unceremoniously asked to leave the premises. It’s a story that I am hesitant to relate as it is not how I wish to remember my first ever meeting with Pete. Regardless of how others acted, Pete was most charming and gracious and I was able to catch him in a quiet moment.

I had a very unusual photo session with the folk music legend and environmental activist Pete Seeger a few weeks back at his home on the mountain in Fishkill, NY. The photo session, while not in my studio, was intended to be the final photo for the Beacon’s of Music series. Enough to say that I was only able to snap a few frames before we were unceremoniously asked to leave the premises. It’s a story that I am hesitant to relate as it is not how I wish to remember my first ever meeting with Pete. Regardless of how others acted, Pete was most charming and gracious and I was able to catch him in a quiet moment.

February 20, 2012
A recent photo shoot with Ben Giardullo. Notice the rare sighting of Ben sans ponytail.

A recent photo shoot with Ben Giardullo. Notice the rare sighting of Ben sans ponytail.

January 31, 2012
Thanks to the lovely Jessica Gallo, I have my next epromo. I think this one’s a winner!

Thanks to the lovely Jessica Gallo, I have my next epromo. I think this one’s a winner!

December 16, 2011 with 2 notes
Ben Fiege, a handsome young man aiming to break into the modeling biz asked me to shoot some photos of him. I shot many but I like these the best.

Ben Fiege, a handsome young man aiming to break into the modeling biz asked me to shoot some photos of him. I shot many but I like these the best.

December 16, 2011 with 1 note
This never happens… I sent out an email promo and out of 1600 emails, one Art Director clicked through to my website and liked what she saw. So much so that she gave me a job on the spot. To make it even better she told me to be “Creative”. Imagine that. She loved the work I gave her and here is what the cover of the magazine looks like. Not your average stuffy rich guy pic. I’ll post the inside spread when I get it.

This never happens… I sent out an email promo and out of 1600 emails, one Art Director clicked through to my website and liked what she saw. So much so that she gave me a job on the spot. To make it even better she told me to be “Creative”. Imagine that. She loved the work I gave her and here is what the cover of the magazine looks like. Not your average stuffy rich guy pic. I’ll post the inside spread when I get it.

December 16, 2011 with 1 note

The new me…again

I have decided to follow my bliss as Joseph Campbell would advise. Through my Boys of Beacon portrait series I have found that I love, I mean really love, shooting portraits.

I’ve found my bliss.

bliss/blis/

Noun:

  1. Perfect happiness; great joy.
  2. Something providing such happiness.
November 22, 2011
A while back I was doing a series on abandoned carts. I found these in my archives. Kinda look like they were hiding from something, no?

A while back I was doing a series on abandoned carts. I found these in my archives. Kinda look like they were hiding from something, no?

November 11, 2011
Jon Miles X 3. Jon rode to my studio on his HANEBRINK Electric All-Terrain two-wheeled monster. He’s just a cutting edge modern man!

Jon Miles X 3.

Jon rode to my studio on his HANEBRINK Electric All-Terrain two-wheeled monster. He’s just a cutting edge modern man!

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